Do you have a foreign name too?
Akira Uchimura, Outside USA. I was born in Costa Rica, raised in Paraguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, El Salvador, Suriname, Japan and Chile (3 to 4 years...
I’m a white Latine. Very confusing.
Margaret Lyons, Bellingham, WA Race? Ethnicity? Culture? My mom was from Chile; her parents’ families were Castilian-Basque (i.e. white) immigrants from Spain to Chile. I...
Wow, you don’t have an accent!
Angelina A., Allentown, PA. I myself always get asked about questions about my racial and ethnic background and it never has bothered me. I usually...
I am content being called “gringa.”
Nell Haynes, Chile. Sometimes it’s hard being the person that always stands out in a crowd, especially in an impoverished city in the middle of...
Poor Wandita she looks very “Indian”
Wanda Luna, Canada. Wanda Luna. 41 years old. Mestiza, Chilean born. When I was 4 while playing with my little brother I over heard my...
Every minority is a majority somewhere.
Laura Hurst Cleveland, OH I’ve been living in Santiago, Chile for the past 4 months. The ethnic homogeneity has made me proud and appreciative of...
“South Mexican” here, “Gringa” back home.
Francisca Ugalde Akron, OH I have been living away from Chile for over 18 years, and here in Ohio for 15. I certainly don’t get...
